Am I Being Paid Enough?

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Hello Everyone,
I deliver fuel oil to residential customers (Kerosene,Diesel oil)
anyway I have been at it 3 months and get paid $20 an hour with medical (I pay a portion)
I enjoy the job but dont feel like I get paid enough.
My dad said I am doing an internship and to suck it up for a year then door will open up.

He is right about that year. Stick it out that first year and many doors will open. You may even get a better deal with your current company. One year is a very short time and alot can happen in that year. Good luck.

Are you getting overtime pay as well? I'd say be happy you're getting hourly. Alot of jobs like that are salary where you working 12 to 14 hour days and barely getting paid for 8. And like Big Scott said that first year of safe driving will open more doors for you.

Are you in a A class truck or a B class? Im assuming B class since you are doing residential deliveries. And if that's the case, that is about right I would say. Most class A drivers start around that for hourly around where I live in New Jersey.

I am driving class B, but I am A licensed.
Thank you very much for all your comments
Appreciate the wisdom that I am just too new to see.

Dan

Are you in a A class truck or a B class? Im assuming B class since you are doing residential deliveries. And if that's the case, that is about right I would say. Most class A drivers start around that for hourly around where I live in New Jersey.

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